Exploring Atlases in the Museum library
This month’s blog post is written by Holly Phillips, a University of Birmingham student who carried out a work placement … Read More
Featured Objects
Pencil Day!
Did you know that 30 March is Pencil day? In this blog post Sarah Dale has been finding out more … Read More
“I was bred a bookseller”: the Johnson Family Bookshop
Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace was not only a family home, it was also a family business. This month’s blog post highlights … Read More
Samuel Johnson’s Easter Resolutions
Within the Birthplace Museum collection, one little book contains a particularly special inscription. At Easter in 1777, aged 68, Samuel … Read More
“There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money”: Johnson on coinage
15th February 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Decimal Day in the UK – when the system of pounds, shillings … Read More
Francis Barber in the Birthplace collection
Francis Barber (around 1742-1801) died on 13 January 1801 and was buried in Stafford. It seems likely that he was … Read More
Buttons and the Bard: Behind the scenes in our basement
This month’s blog post takes us behind the scenes at the Birthplace and down into our basement. As visitors to … Read More
“The Most Pleasurable Trip I Ever Made”
As many people will be heading off to holiday around the UK this month, we explore the publication and reception … Read More
Famous faces at Johnson’s Birthplace
Johnson’s Birthplace has been a public Museum since 1901, but it was a place of literary pilgrimage for many years … Read More
A view of Johnson’s Birthplace in 1901
We’ve been taking a look into our own past and cataloguing some of the photographs and postcards which help us to … Read More